Fence-tool



(No Model.)

B. M. BAKER.

FENCE TOOL.

No. 462,523, Patented Nov. 3, 1891.

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UNrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDXVIN M. BAKER, OF CRAYON, OHIO.

FENCE-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,523, dated November3, 1891.

Application filed July 3, 1891. Serial No. 398,347- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN M. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Crayon, in the county of Ohampaign and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and usef ul Improvement in Fence-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for twisting wires in building thatclass of fences formed of wire and pickets, the strands of wire beingtwisted between the respective pickets.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of simpleconstruction, capable of easy and ready adjustment and operation, theparts being so constructed that the twisting jaws may be adjusted withreference to each other to accommodate it to different fences, in whichmore or less space is used between the pickets forming the fence.

My invention consists in the various constructions and combinations ofparts, hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a fence and mydevice applied thereto as in operation. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view ofthe device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

Like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference in the severalviews.

In forming my improved device I employ two side platesa and a, each ofwhich is constructed with a slotted jaw or opening a Between therespective side plates a and a is pivoted an operating rod or lever 19,provided at its outer extremity with a handle I), the said rod or leverbeing pivoted by an adj ustable bolt or rod 0, which passes through theinner extremity of said rod and through the respective side plates atthe ends thereof opposite to the opening in the respective jaws o Theouter extremities of the respective side plates are preferably beveledor rounded, as shown at a and are connected together by an adjustableconnection which extends through the respective parts so as to clamp thesame together, ordinary screw-threaded bolts 0 and 0' being used forthis purpose at the two ends of the plates.

To provideforadjustin the width between the respective jaws ct and a Iprovide between the respective side plates at the ends a a series ofwashers (Z, and between the respective side plates and the rod 1) at theopposite end similar washers d.

In operation the pickets are inserted between the strands of wire whichform the supports therefor, as indicated in Fig. 1. The respective wireson opposite sides of the picket are placed in the jaws (t of the respective side plates-in the position indicated in Fig. 1. By drawing ontherod Z) the side plates a and a are caused to turn until a halfrevolution thereof is produced, thus twisting the two wirescorrespondingly. An opposite movement of the rod 1) at aslightlydifferent vertical angle causes the plates (2. to revolve thebalance of the revolution until the parts are reversed or in theposition indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, thus producing a completerevolution of the twisting jaws a and twisting the strands of wire onopposite sides of said jaws and against the pickets.

By having the plates a and a and the twisting-jaws therein formedindependent of each other and adjustable with reference to each other,as described, the parts may be adjusted to correspond to any desiredspace between the pickets, so that the twisting of the strands shalloccur in close proximity to the said pickets and thus bind said picketssecurely, whetherthey be close together or widely separated, as desired.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a twisting device, as described, the side plates each havingtwisting-jaws, as described, a pivoted handle connected to one end ofeach of said plates, and means for connecting said plates adjustablytogether, so that the twisting-jaws maybe more or less separated,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the side plates having thetwisting-jaws, of apivoted operata series of interposed washers, substantially ing rod orlever arranged between said side as specified. I 0 plates at one endthereof, a screw-threaded In testimony whereof I have hereunto setconnecting-bolt passing through said plates my hand this 27th day ofJune, A. D. 1891.

5 and rod, intermediate washers between said EDXVIN M. BAKER.

rod and plates, said jaws being connected to- Witnesses: gether at theopposite end by ascrew-threaded S. J. BARGER,

bolt or rod through the respective plates, and 1 PETER BAKER.

